On 1/28/12 10:12 AM, Schwab,Wilhelm K wrote:
You say "underhyped" as though this is bad - *hype* is BAAAAADD.� Junk needs hype to survive.

It took me a while to learn that "creating an application" in ST is "hard" - it's because it's not well supported because the initiated don't waste their time with it _until_ it comes time to deploy, and even then, it's not NEEDED.

We need to teach, not pander, IMHO.� Show people that there is a better way and what it is.� A glossy ad compliant C# "application" that does what my pharo image can do would be a MONSTER.� No one would build such a thing because they probably could not do so.

Keep adding good stuff.

In fact, there IS a better way. Igor's NativeBoost and NBOpenGL are a game-changer.

My video tutorials aren't terribly well done compared to many others out there, but I do hype them a bit. The ones that get the most attention, by far, are those that show how to integrate OpenGL and Smalltalk.

You want Pharo/Squeak/Smalltalk to become better used? Ensure that the most interesting (to the most programmers) aspects become well-known, and at least as importantly, well-supported.


Lawson